Music

The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet is offering a free download of the title track from their upcoming album, In A Country Town, due April 30. The song was written by Daryl Mosley, the band's bass player and lead singer, who says that

Cumberland River has announced some changes in their lineup. Founding member and bass player Joey Jones is leaving the group to dedicate his time to Rock House Entertainment, the booking agency he formed earlier this year. As you might imagine, leaving the guys

MerleFest has announced the finalists in their annual Chris Austin Songwriting Contest, which will occur later this month during the mega-fest in Wilkesboro, NC. A number of familiar bluegrass names pop up in the list. Lorraine Jordan of Carolina Road will compete

Tom Feller and Chris Hill have announced the members of their touring band, Feller & Hill and the Bluegrass Buckaroos. The band name comes from the special fondness they have for the music of Buck Owens, a style that is

Compass Records has announced the signing of bluegrass group The Bankesters to their roster of artists. The label will re-release the band's current album, Looking Forward, to their distribution network on May 28, with a new band project to follow this Fall. The

Joe Walsh, whose rock-solid mandolin chop helped give the Gibson Brothers one of the top rhythm sections in bluegrass for the last four and a half years, is moving on. Joe announced the move on his Facebook page, saying he

Bluegrass songstress Valerie Smith is introducing a newly-revamped version of her touring group, Liberty Pike. Though it features all female musicians, Valerie said that this wasn't her aim when assembling the new band, it just sort of happened organically. Joining her

Clinton Gregory would appear to be another country music artist taking a stab at bluegrass. The Virginia native had some chart success in the early '90s, particularly with the song If It Weren't For Country Music I'd Go Crazy. Gregory went

Red House Records is pleased to announce the May 7 US release of These Wilder Things, the new solo album from Juno-Award winning songwriter Ruth Moody. A founding member of the Billboard-charting folk super-group The Wailin’ Jennys, Moody is an artist

Rounder Records has released Bored of the Raging, a three song digital EP from their upcoming project with The Deadly Gentlemen. These Gentlemen serve as the creative outlet for Boston-based banjo player Greg Liszt, who is also a member of Crooked